We couldn’t let Halloween go by without sharing some tricks and treats with y’all!

To celebrate one of our favorite holidays, we are holding a Pumpkin Decorating Contest, and all are welcome to enter! The rules are pretty simple—just carve or decorate your pumpkin however you wish, take a photo of your work of art, and post the picture on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/AardvarkAutomotive). The grand prize consists of two tickets to the November 22nd Bulls game and a $10 Starbucks gift card.

Deadline is October 31st. Full details are in the flyer, and feel free to contact us at the shop at (806) 242-1073 for more information.

Welcome to part 2 of our blog on Fall and Halloween activities around Amarillo + safety tips! Today, we’re going to focus on Halloween driving safety. Since the streets will literally be crawling with people, it is more important than ever to drive alertly, especially during the peak trick-or-treating hours of 6 – 9 PM.

A few tips for Halloween driving:

Watch for children darting into the street and between cars – according to Progressive, most young pedestrian deaths occur in spots other than intersections.

Slow down and stop for young pedestrians who may not be checking for cars – especially if you are driving in a residential neighborhood. Some kids might be wearing masks that impair their vision.

Dropping off your kids? Pull over and put on your hazard lights to alert other drivers you are pulled over.

Enter and exit driveways carefully, since you never know when a group of excited trick-or-treaters will dart past.

Hair-raising. Ghoulish. Festive. Fun. No matter what adjectives you associate with your favorite Halloween activity, Amarillo has enough going on this season to keep you entertained until the holiday lights go up.

Love traditional celebrations with the kids? Then pumpkin picking and hayrides at Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm or Amazingly Fun Farm will indulge you with some Halloween nostalgia. The Amazingly Fun Farm even has a 9-acre cornfield maze and a giant hay slide!

For teens, there’s nothing quite like a good scare. Amarillo Scaregrounds and Chainsaw Massacre run throughout October, while proceeds from Mayhem Z haunted house go towards the Amarillo Activity Youth Center, an organization that fosters good citizenship in the youth of Amarillo.

And if you’re an adult with a “been there, done that” attitude towards the above, there’s no shortage of mature activities that are creepy without being kooky.

At Don Harrington Discovery Center’s Mad Scientist Ball, a monstrous dance party, you’ll dress up in a lab coat and dine on gourmet food by a local chef (okay, this one may be a little kooky). Proceeds benefit Discovery Center programs. Over at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Llano Cemetery Tour by Twilight offers trolley tours of the grounds that explain the stories of the dead – and how they shaped this area in their mortal lives. Totally spooky, and children under 3 are free!

No matter where you find yourself on (or around) Halloween, we hope you drive safely and have fun!